In this paper a new method to estimate the equivalence scale elasticity using individual panel data on income … respondents to be controlled. The approach gives straightforward evidence: Obviously there is an optimal elasticity at which …

In this paper a new method to estimate the equivalence scale elasticity using individual panel data on income … respondents to be controlled. The approach gives straightforward evidence: Obviously there is an optimal elasticity at which …

This paper provides new empirical insights on the elasticity of taxable income for Germany. Using a rich panel of …. Showing and discussing potential estimation problems of the most prominent model in the literature by Gruber and Saez (2002 …), this dynamic model delivers significant smaller estimates of the elasticity of taxable income. The overall estimate is 0 …